Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Tawa Paneer Masala

Its been a very long time since
I posted in my blog.... time flies........ I promised myself from now on wards I
will regularly post recipes... my interest was rekindled by some fantastic
looking blogs and their recipes....they amaze me by their diligent and
enthusiastic work . Its really great to
see so many blogs which are very much a visual treat and useful. I have bookmarked nearly hundred recipes which are yet to be prepared .Hats off to all the food bloggers in the world!

Now coming to
this post , the recipe I made is paneer tawa masala which i got from Tickling Palates . This recipe was very easy to
make. I just increased some quantity of the ingredients for more quantity of the dish.

Paneer Tawa Masala

Ingredients

Paneer – 400 gms

Onion- 3 –medium size

Tomato – 4 to 5 pureed

Ginger garlic paste – 2 tbsp

Green chillies – 1 or 2

Garam masala – 1 tsp

Chaat masala – 1 tsp

Red chilli powder – 2 tsp

Coriander powder- 3 to 4 tsp

Turmeric powder – ½ tsp

Cumin seeds – ¾ tsp

Caraway seeds- ¾ tsp

Kasoori methi – 1 tbsp

Salt to taste

Oil – 3 tbsp

Note: Ingredients like chilli
powder , garam masala can be changed according to your taste.

Method:

Marinade paneer with chaat masala, ¾ tsp red
chilli powder , ¾ tsp of ginger garlic paste,a pinch of salt and kasoori methi
and oil. Keep it aside for an hour.Keep the paneer in a silver foil
and grill it in grill mode in the oven for 10 to 15 minutes or till done. Or you can
shallow fry also.

Chop the onions finely. Heat the kadai and pour
oil. Temper with cumin and caraway seeds. Then add onions and sauté it well. Add
ginger garlic paste, remaining red chilli powder , coriander powder ,chopped green
chillies and again sauté it till the raw smell goes. After the the mixture
becomes dry add tomato puree . mix well. Let the mixture get cooked till the
oil is separated. Then add garam masala , cream , salt and let it cook for some
more minutes. If the gravy is thick you can add milk which will give you a
gravy consistency. Then add the grilled paneer and let it get coated in the
gravy. Serve hot with phulkas , naan ,
Rotis etc....